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mòine

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See also: moine

Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish móin, from Proto-Celtic *mānis, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“damp, wet, moist”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mòine f (genitive mòine or mòna or mònach or mònadh)

  1. moss, morass, bog
  2. peat, turf

See also

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Mutation

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Mutation of mòine
radical lenition
mòine mhòine

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
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